* former Zenith Sales Co. president Jerry McCarthy, a leading industry statesmen and long-time member of the Board of Governors of the Electronic Industries Association and member of the Board of Directors of the EIA Consumer Electronics Group, now CEA; and current professor of marketing and management at Dominican University; and

* Victor and Janie Tsao, the husband and wife team who co-founded Linksys out of their Southern California garage with no outside funding and developed what is considered the first affordable retail router, the Linksys four-port Ethernet Cable/ DSL router, soon after the release of Windows 95.

Gerzberg, Westergren, Ivey, Lee and McCarthy were present to accept their awards, as was Janie Tsao, who accepted on behalf of husband Victor, who was traveling in Asia. Con Maloney accepted the award for his father, and C.W. Conn’s daughters accepted on behalf of the Conn family. Antheil was represented by his estate executor and Lamarr was represented by a Hollywood film producer who is currently adapting her story for a feature film.